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| Open Letter to the Prime Minister | Mon, Jun 16th 2008 |
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Coalition calls for mandatory carbon reporting despite Government U-turn A coalition of leading businesses, institutional investors, 40 MPs and the Mayor of London has called on the Prime Minister to support legislation so that companies will have to report their carbon emissions. |
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| CEMEP Government Response | Thu, May 1st 2008 |
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Gordon Brown: the UK must reap the rewards of the green economy The Aldersgate Group, a coalition of businesses and environmental groups, supports the Prime Minister's vision for the green economy, which he described as the 'fourth technological revolution' of our time. In a speech today to business leaders, he outlined the need for the UK to seize the opportunities of the transition to a low carbon economy. |
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| Trading for Growth | Fri, Dec 7th 2007 |
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Bali Briefing: EU ETS must help economy be green and grow 'Trading for Growth' argues that reform of the EU ETS would lead to greater carbon emission reductions, whilst also stimulating economic growth and employment. With the UN climate negotiations on a post-2012 framework commencing in Bali, the study examines the extent to which emissions trading can stimulate innovation, investment and employment. |
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| CBI and CEMEP reports | Tue, Nov 27th 2007 |
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Aldersgate Group welcomes call for urgent action to combat climate change The Aldersgate Group welcomes the appeal for a greater sense of urgency for the UK to meet its targets for greenhouse gas emissions, as set out in the reports from Gordon Brown’s Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance (CEMEP) and the CBI’s Climate Change Task Force report. |
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| Open Letter to Hilary Benn and John Hutton | Tue, Oct 9th 2007 |
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UK must go further on common standard to measure carbon footprints An open letter signed by a large number of diverse organisations and individuals who support the need for a common carbon reporting standard, and the requriement for companies to report clear and comparable information on their greenhouse gas emissions and other factors relating to climate change. |
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| Carbon Costs | Tue, May 15th 2007 |
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Corporate Carbon Accounting and Reporting 'Carbon Costs' argues that a lack of a standardised carbon accounting system is impeding the UK Government’s long term goals of reducing emissions and creating a low carbon economy. It finds that very few FTSE 350 companies have credible carbon reporting mechanisms in place, and those companies that do could not be compared because they calculated emissions differently. |
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| Davidson Review | Thu, Nov 30th 2006 |
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Davidson Review The Davidson Review on the implementation of European legislation in the UK finds that over-implementation may not be as widespread in the UK as is sometimes claimed. The conclusions help to move the regulation debate beyond misleading arguments over "gold- plating" and provide support to the Aldersgate Group's view that the UK would benefit from effective and well designed environmental regulation. |
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| Green Foundations | Tue, Jun 6th 2006 |
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Aldersgate Group Launch Report Our launch report 'Green Foundations' sets out the Aldersgate Group’s core argument and lists the founding members. It argues that high environmental standards provide the ‘green foundations’ which are essential for the UK’s long-term economic competitiveness and a high quality of life.’ |
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